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The Turner Center’s Presenter Series Committee members partying like it was “1999” at the Purple XPeRIeNCE, featuring Marshall Charloff! Read More

The Turner Center for the Arts offers IMPROVment® classes to the general public in their main galleries at 527 N. Patterson Street, on Mondays, from 5 to 6 p.m. Taught by Melissa Pihos, associate professor of dance at Valdosta State University and a certified IMPROVment® instructor, the classes are free of charge. Read More

The Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts presents 2RiverStation on March 10, 2023, from 7-9 p.m., in the Turner Center Art Park, located at 605 N. Patterson Street. The concert, sponsored by First Commerce Credit Union, kicks off the Center’s 4th annual Music in the Art Park concert series. Read More

The Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts will host the artwork of students from approximately 50 regional schools in the Youth Art Month exhibition, opening on Sunday, Feb. 26, from 1-4 p.m. Travis Pate State Farm is the sponsor of Youth Art Month 2023. Read More

The Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts announces the third concert in their 2022-2023 SCORE Classical Music Appreciation Concert Series, which features Titus Underwood on oboe. The concert will take place on Thursday, March 2, at 7 p.m., in the Turner Center art galleries, 527 N. Patterson Street, in Valdosta. Read More

The Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts is looking for instructors to add to its creative team.

The Turner Center is actively seeking a Ceramics Instructor. A full job description for the position and application form can be found at turnercenter.org/career-opportunities. Instructors are also being sought for the photography, digital arts, and ukulele programs. Read More

There’s a new sign up on the corner of Webster and N. Ashley Streets in Valdosta that reads: “Future Home of the Meta Shaw Coleman Children’s Imagination Station.” The sign marks an exciting expansion in the life of the arts in the Valdosta-Lowndes County community, particularly on the growing campus of the Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts. Read More

The South Georgia Entertainers will meet on Tues., Jan. 17, from 6-8 p.m., at the Turner Center for the Arts located at 527 N. Patterson Street. SGE is led by local musicians Lloyd Carter (Lloyd Carter Band) and Aaron Strickland (Naturally Southern) and meets on the second Tuesday of each month (unless otherwise noted) at the Turner Center for the Arts in Valdosta. The group brings musicians of all ages and experience levels together to discuss key industry issues, regional opportunities available, and ways to support one another. Read More

The Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts and the Young Writers League (YoWL) are seeking fiction, non-fiction, and poetry entries for the “Art of Writing” contest. The contest is open to legal residents of Georgia and Florida. Participants must be between the ages of 11 and 18 at time of entry. The contest is hosted annually and is sponsored in part by the Valdosta United Way. Each year, a different theme that inspires young people to express themselves concerning important topics is chosen. The theme for the third annual competition is “I Have a Dream.” Read More